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Public Health Department,
Lambeth Town Hall,
Brixton Hill, S.W. 2.
March, 1920.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The War is now over, as are also the " carrying-on " days of the
past five years (1915-19). The year 1919 may be regarded, from an
administrative point of view, as the interim between War Stagnation
and Peace Reconstruction, and regarded as such, the statistics for
1919 are very satisfactory. The general death-rate, the zymotic
death-rate and the infantile mortality rate being exceptionally low,
even after making due allowance for the difficulties in estimating
populations.
Mountains of arrears of work face you for the coming year 1920,
and the first step will be the reconstruction of departments and the
organisation (and enlargement) of staffs. The new Council is
faced with an arduous task. The Report for 1919 has been again
curtailed and condensed, as has been the case during the last few
years, on the suggestion of the Local Government Board and the
present Ministry of Health.
To the Staffs and to the Chiefs of Departments, and also to the
Members of the Council, my thanks are due for assistance readily
given, at all times, in connection with the carrying out of my
important duties of Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive
Tuberculosis Officer of the Borough of Lambeth.
I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive
Tuberculosis Officer.